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Maker: Hart, A
Sampler, unbleached canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks and wool in cross-stitch. The top has a band with capital letters, A to H, worked with each letter in duplicate. Below this two repeat border patterns are placed horizontally with in the interspaces the name and date 'A. Hart 1691' and detached motifs (Baskets, flowering plants, lozenges and sprigs).
Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest
Length: 27.9 cm
Length: 11 in
Width: 28.6 cm
Width: 11.1/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Longman, H. A., Mrs
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
The date '1691' is forged
polychrome
Wool
polychrome
Silk
unbleached
Canvas
Weaving
: Sampler, unbleached canvas, embroidered with polychrome silks and wool in cross-stitch
Embroidering
Accession number: T.70-1938
Primary reference Number: 110801
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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